Iron Age I

Tel Miqne-Ekron, Field IV Lower, Elite Zone. Lower part Iron I; Upper part Iron II
Upper shelf with stones of building IB, end of the 7th century BCE. Center, wide stone foundation socle of monumental building, Stratum V, 11th century BCE, constructed over building of mud bricks walls, Stratum VI, 12th/11th century BCE. In lower left corner, bin, Stratum VII of the second quarter of the 12th century BCE

A golden cobra, a ureaus, which might have decorated the headdress of an Egyptian ruler from one of the side rooms of the sanctuary in Temple Complex 650, destruction of Stratum IB, last quarter of the 7th century

The amulet of Ptah-patecus, the Egyptian god of craftsmen came from one of the side rooms immediately adjacent to the sanctuary of Temple Complex 650, Stratum

Part of a carved ivory elephant tusk with the figure of an Egyptian princess. Tel Miqne-Ekron, Stratum IB destruction, end of the 7th century, found at the entrance to the sanctuary of Temple Complex 650

Silver hoard of 55 ingots, cut pieces and jewelry, Stratum IB, destruction end of 7th century BCE, from Temple Auxiliary Building

Silver medallion, 7th century BCE silver hoard. Field I. The goddess Ishtar on a lion facing a worshipper below signs of the Pleiades

Pottery reading

Krater: Line Drawings

A large multi-handled krater with two holes at mid-point on the body found in an olive oil factory at Ekron in Stratum IB of the end of the 7th century BCE. The krater was used in the separation process

Stratum IB assemblage of vessels, iron tools, and a four-horned altar

Assemblage of four-horned incense altars, Stratum IB destruction, last quarter of 7th century